Thursday, February 23, 2012

Matched (Utopian, Love, Rebellion)


Book Title: Matched  by Ally Condie
Topic: Utopian, Love, Rebellion

Thoughts: I like finding a series of books in which I can continue to read about the same character.  This was not one of them.  I thought Matched had too many slow parts, maybe because this is a utopian society and the government Society Officials have everything mapped out for everyone.  Life is supposed to move slower.

At the Match banquet, both boys and girls view a screen to see who they will marry.  Cassia and best friend Xander are the only two in her town who are Matched to each other.  All the others are Matched to others from a different town.  Later Cassia’s Match microchip shows her Ky’s face.  Cassia realizes she is missing out getting to know her Match, as the other teenagers are doing, and has to decide does she end up with the familiar or choose the unknown?  Cassia’s eyes begin to be opened about her “perfect” society and she decides to rebel as teenagers today would.

This book was not a perfect match to me, but I will probably read Crossed just to see what happens to Cassia. 

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